WOMEN OF COLOR AWARD WINNERS
ilda Jackson has brought a career lifetime of achieve- ment in the U.S. Marine Corps to Lockheed Mar- tin’s Joint Strike Fighter (F-35) program—which is revolutionizing the way that front line military airplanes are sustained over their lifecycles. In partnership with more than 10 military services and with global industry, Lockheed will keep the F-35 flying for the next 60 years.
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Retired Colonel Jackson joined Lockheed in 2001, after 33 years of service in the Marine Corps. She had been the first woman depot commander—commanding the maintenance, repair and overhaul of front line combat aircraft. The first woman African American Marine Corps officer to be promot- ed to rank of colonel, Colonel Jackson’s record has been no less impressive since she joined the F-35 team.
She has oversight of the largest fighter aircraft development and procurement program ever undertaken. The F-35 train- ing at the Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, facility will be the first international joint pilot maintenance in the history of U.S. military services. A single aircraft, with variants for the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps, the training system has common approaches with variations for international buyers. Since the Elgin AFB is where the first new fighters go, it has the highest visibility of all Department of Defense programs.
Since 2001, Colonel Jackson has been transferring her knowledge of military requirements and system engineering requirements to new Joint Strike Fighter early-career employ- ees. As the manager of a team of over 200 engineers and technicians in simulation, training and support, she has been key in the development of a $200-million training systems, syllabus, and curriculum for pilots and aircraft maintenance staff. In 2009, she received a Lockheed Galaxy award for community service. She donated more than 500 hours to the community as a mentor of seven-to-14-year-old young people of color.
s a U.S. Department of Defense contractor, General Dynamics C4 Systems cares about the nation’s future. Sheila Jones has not only supported this goal, she has also found new ways for GDC4S and its employees to strengthen the national security STEM workforce, as well as excite and attract K-12 students into STEM careers. Her execution of General Dynamics C4 Systems corporate dona- tions and volunteerism motivate employees to give their time and resources.
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During National Engineers Week, Ms. Jones coordinates teams of GDC4S engineers as they present real-world science, engineering, technology and math applications in schools, helping spark the imagination and drive that leads students to pursue STEM careers. Ms. Jones has also led coordination of early-career engineers to engage in volunteer hands-on activities highlighting science and engineering at commu- nity events. Beyond the community of GDC4S offices and neighborhoods are other opportunities. Ms. Jones brought Soldiers’ Angels to the attention of GDC4S. Soldiers’ Angels is a nonprofit with hundreds of thousands of volunteers provid- ing aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, veterans and their families. In the first year of the program, her efforts within GDC4S brought in supplies to stock care packages for nearly 200 soldiers.
Closer to home, she has long led the GDC4S Employee Giv- ing Campaign. While giving campaigns are not unique to large corporations, Ms. Jones’ handling of charitable giving at GDC4S is. Last year, her efforts led to a nearly 100 percent participation of employees, with donations totaling over $1.3 million. GDC4S has more than 10,000 employees around the world, specializing in command and control, communica- tions networking, computing and information assurance for defense, government and select commercial customers in the United States and abroad.
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] Gilda Jackson [ Site Director F–35
Lockheed Martin Corporation
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] Sheila Jones [
Manager, Community Investment General Dynamics Corporation
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